Grief Native American Poems
These Grief Native American poems are examples of Native American poems about Grief. These are the best examples of Native American Grief poems written by international poets.
Maria TallchiefElizabeth Marie Tall Chief
bigotry gave her grief
failing health, unsteady,
she railed, “Get my swan costume ready!”...
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native american, celebrity, dance, death, native
The Ballad of Red FeatherPretty like the crystalline canyon rocks -
Fair like a deer wandering in the morn' -
With the Great Spirit as a faithful witness
...
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history, native american, racism,
Adivasi, the NativesNatives, Adivasi, however we identify them,
They were there before we came, and took over their land from them,
We used them, displaced them, put a...
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native american,
On the HillOn the hill, a mother
is desperate to nurse babies
who have gone still and silent,
with milk they'll never take
She knows they are not sleeping...
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native american, animal, bereavement, birth, child,
The Last Winter of the Ghost RoadThe death winter came and was cold
With white on the purple mountain
The Tiwahe’, the Standing Rock People
Begged for warm fires from Iktinie the Sun Spirit
Our...
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native american, courage, culture, death, endurance,
There For MeLooking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.
I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...
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native american, 12th grade, character, hope,
Cherokee Rosemany days we walked
an unforgiving sun
beating down upon us
and at night
even the cold moon
seemed to curse us...
Seeing what no eye should see
our tears mingled with...
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native american, angst, corruption, courage, native
Blue SkyBlue Sky
Rocks.
Deep in the ground.
Pulled from the darkness
by the sweat of brave men,
ever challenging the black.
Holes in the ground that hold the...
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native american, america, hero, history, hope,
Your ShoesYour Shoes
Are the wrong size.
I never liked how they looked, but I was silent.
You made me that way, for a long time.
Not forever.
All grown...
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native american, anger, anti bullying, grandfather,
BrightBright
A tiny seed and plain dirt.
Water, sunshine, and faith.
Then… not quickly, not slowly…
but… at the right moment.
A delight to the eyes,
and a magnificent...
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native american, anti bullying, emotions, inspirational,
Lurking DarknessLurking Darkness
Sleep now my love,
you have earned a great rest.
It has been hard on you.
It has been hard on us.
There is still...
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native american, anti bullying, hope, how
The Warrior PoemIt’s known as the Warrior Poem and is attributed to Tecumseh
a Native American warrior and chief
who as a Native American in the late 17 and...
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native american,
WindwalkerI
knew a Tiger
who swam with dolphins
along the razor’s edge
and
meditated with a yellow bird
under his honey’s tree
in a west coast garden.
A
rare breed
from an indigenous
creed.
His
poetic wisdom
written with
zen.
He
sung...
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native american, bereavement, cancer, grief, loss,
ancient embers -
my chief ...
thoughts go back to that again -
the day you found me on...
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native american, appreciation, farewell, father, fire,
Buried On Sour Ground
Took a spirit trek
across the golden amber prairie
Zephyr driven westward
to the South Dakota Black Hills
Had a restless pioneer rest,
unsettling
I laid my dear skin gentle feelings
on...
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death, grief, native american,